“I want to create the same opportunities I had,” she said. “You know, I was born and raised in New Jersey. My father was a butcher. He came over from Italy, didn’t have have a lot of education, and I lost my father. I was 19. He was very young. But you know the lessons my parents tought me really have formed the basis of how I’ve conducted myself my entire life and they always tought me the importance good education…